FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn

Overview

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is a program developed by Square Enix. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The software installer includes 52 files and is usually about 24.05 MB (25,216,672 bytes). ffxivupdater.exe is the automatic update component of the software designed to download and apply new updates should new versions be released. In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 8 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 65% of users of FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and United Kingdom.